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Performance of Soft Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Grown in Early Season in China
Xiaohong Yin1, Hengdong Zhang1, Jiana Chen1, Ruichun Zhang2, Longsheng Liu2, Min Huang1,*, Guanghui Chen1, Yingbin Zou1
1 Crop and Environment Research Center for Human Health, College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
2 Hengyang Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Santang, 421101, China
* Corresponding Author: Min Huang. Email:
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany 2020, 89(1), 97-102. https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2020.08093
Received 29 July 2019; Accepted 24 September 2019; Issue published 01 March 2020
Abstract
Eating quality is of paramount importance to rice (
Oryza sativa L.)
consumers and soft rice with low amylose content has become popular in China.
This study was conducted to evaluate the performance of soft rice grown in the
early season (ES) dominated by non-soft rice. Field experiments were conducted
in Yongan and Santang, Hunan Province, China from 2016-2018. Results
showed that grain amylose content in soft rice cultivars was consistently lower in
the ES compared to the late season (LS). The lower grain amylose content in the
ES compared to the LS was partly attributed to higher average daily mean
temperature during grain filling. No significant relationship was observed
between grain yield and seed amylose content in ES rice. Soft rice cultivars
produced a similar average grain yield to non-soft rice cultivars in the ES. These
results encourage breeders to develop more ES rice cultivars with soft texture to
meet the consumer demand for this type of rice.
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Cite This Article
Yin, X., Zhang, H., Chen, J., Zhang, R., Liu, L. et al. (2020). Performance of Soft Rice (
Oryza sativa L.) Grown in Early Season in China.
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, 89(1), 97–102.
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